Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 2 km depth17 Oct 03:36 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 8 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 17, 2026 03:28:33 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Oct 16, 2026, at 09:28 pm (GMT -6)Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude3.90Depth2 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude13.978°N / 92.979°WGuatemalaSeismic antipode13.978°S / 87.021°EShaking intensityV Moderate shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Nearest volcanoTacaná (159 km / 99 mi)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds 30.1°C (86 F), humidity: 77%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from WEstimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy10 minutes agoOct 17, 2026 03:28 GMT / Oct 16, 2026 09:28 pm (GMT -6)Lat / Lng: 13.978 / -92.979: Guatemala: Off Coast OF Chiapas, MexicoSource: EMSCDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23443130',13.97800,-92.97900,'10 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, Guatemala: Off Coast OF Chiapas, Mexico',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in GuatemalaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Puerto Madero, a town with 9,600 inhabitants in Mexico, in 102 km (64 mi) distance northeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. In the capital of Guatemala, Guatemala City, 276 km (171 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake could not be felt.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry102 km (64 mi)NE of epicenterPuerto Madero(pop: 9,560)II: Very weakTapachula, Estado de ChiapasMexico102 km (64 mi)NE of epicenterBrisas Barra de Suchiate(pop: 13,700)II: Very weakSuchiate, Estado de ChiapasMexico103 km (64 mi)NE of epicenterOcos(pop: 4,420)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala104 km (64 mi)NE of epicenterBarra de Cahoacan (El Chical)(pop: 795)II: Very weakSuchiate, Estado de ChiapasMexico114 km (71 mi)NE of epicenterMazatan(pop: 6,840)II: Very weakMazatan, Estado de ChiapasMexico115 km (71 mi)NE of epicenterCongregacion Reforma(pop: 1,130)II: Very weakTapachula, Estado de ChiapasMexico118 km (74 mi)NE of epicenterCiudad Hidalgo(pop: 14,600)II: Very weakSuchiate, Estado de ChiapasMexico119 km (74 mi)NE of epicenterCiudad Tecun Uman(pop: 11,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala120 km (75 mi)E of epicenterChamperico(pop: 9,940)II: Very weakDepartamento de RetalhuleuGuatemala123 km (77 mi)NE of epicenterAlvaro Obregon(pop: 5,720)II: Very weakTapachula, Estado de ChiapasMexico124 km (77 mi)NE of epicenterFrontera Hidalgo(pop: 3,520)II: Very weakEstado de ChiapasMexico124 km (77 mi)NE of epicenterPlan de Ayala(pop: 1,440)II: Very weakHuehuetan, Estado de ChiapasMexico129 km (80 mi)NE of epicenterTapachula(pop: 353,700)II: Very weakEstado de ChiapasMexico130 km (81 mi)N of epicenterFrancisco I. Madero(pop: 1,800)II: Very weakHuixtla, Estado de ChiapasMexico131 km (81 mi)NE of epicenterPajapita(pop: 8,160)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala132 km (82 mi)NE of epicenterHuehuetan(pop: 7,760)II: Very weakHuehuetan, Estado de ChiapasMexico136 km (85 mi)N of epicenterEl Arenal(pop: 1,160)II: Very weakAcapetahua, Estado de ChiapasMexico141 km (87 mi)NE of epicenterFlores Costa Cuca(pop: 12,000)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala141 km (87 mi)NE of epicenterHuixtla(pop: 32,000)II: Very weakEstado de ChiapasMexico143 km (89 mi)NE of epicenterCacahoatan(pop: 16,600)II: Very weakCacahoatan, Estado de ChiapasMexico143 km (89 mi)NE of epicenterCanton Villaflor(pop: 1,050)II: Very weakTapachula, Estado de ChiapasMexico144 km (89 mi)NE of epicenterMalacatan(pop: 92,800)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala144 km (90 mi)N of epicenterVilla Comaltitlan(pop: 7,200)II: Very weakVilla Comaltitlan, Estado de ChiapasMexico145 km (90 mi)NE of epicenterCoatepeque(pop: 105,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala149 km (93 mi)NE of epicenterSan Pablo(pop: 13,700)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala150 km (93 mi)NE of epicenterEl Tumbador(pop: 8,860)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala151 km (94 mi)NE of epicenterEl Aguila(pop: 1,270)II: Very weakCacahoatan, Estado de ChiapasMexico151 km (94 mi)NE of epicenterEl Asintal(pop: 17,400)II: Very weakDepartamento de RetalhuleuGuatemala153 km (95 mi)NE of epicenterEl Quetzal(pop: 12,100)II: Very weakDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala154 km (96 mi)NE of epicenterNuevo San Carlos(pop: 39,600)II: Very weakDepartamento de RetalhuleuGuatemala155 km (96 mi)NE of epicenterUnion Juarez(pop: 2,640)II: Very weakUnion Juarez, Estado de ChiapasMexico157 km (98 mi)NE of epicenterColomba(pop: 47,500)II: Very weakDepartamento de QuetzaltenangoGuatemala161 km (100 mi)NE of epicenterPavencul(pop: 1,040)I: Not feltTapachula, Estado de ChiapasMexico164 km (102 mi)NE of epicenterSibinal(pop: 1,660)I: Not feltDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala168 km (104 mi)NE of epicenterTajumulco(pop: 4,330)I: Not feltDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala168 km (105 mi)NE of epicenterSan Marcos(pop: 47,100)I: Not feltDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala171 km (106 mi)NE of epicenterSan Pedro Sacatepequez(pop: 40,000)I: Not feltDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala176 km (109 mi)NE of epicenterSan Jose Ojetenan(pop: 1,270)I: Not feltDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala181 km (112 mi)NE of epicenterComitancillo(pop: 59,500)I: Not feltDepartamento de San MarcosGuatemala276 km (171 mi)E of epicenterGuatemala City(pop: 994,900)I: Not feltMunicipio de Guatemala, Departamento de GuatemalaGuatemalaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-10-17EpicenterAgency3.92 km1.2 mi03:28:33OFF COAST OF CHIAPAS, MEXICOEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 672 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.03 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 31.3 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.19 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 5.2 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 4.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 302 quakes per year (or 25.1 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 650 quakes per year (or 54 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 664 quakes per year (or 55 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 4 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 30 to 35 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake